Complaint constant force mechanism using variable stiffness leaf-spring-like beam: Design and experiment

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>This research provides a design for complaint constant-force mechanism employing leaf-spring-like beam with variable stiffness to address the negative stroke underutilization issue of bistable beam. By designing compression at each given displacement and ramp slope, this technique allows constant force potentially take full utilization beam's component. Innovative based on positive is shown in study. In addition, we conduct simulation analysis experimental verification. The results illustrate feasibility effectiveness proposed method.</p>